Watercolor Emboss Resist Birthday with Moody Unicorns

 Unicorns and birthdays are best friends, so I decided to put them together in honor of one of my besties, Jen.  We met in college, became best friends and never looked back!  I started by making my own patterned paper by randomly stamping and heat embossing the larger unicorn images followed by filling in with the smaller images in the stamp set, the cupcake and little present.  Using watercolors to add pops of brightness helped each image stand out without looking overdone and the die cut sentiment finished things off nicely.  I chose a foil paper for my sentiment because it adds a contrasting finish and texture, which adds easy interest.  Here's the video tutorial and supplies are listed below!  Happy Birthday Jen!!

Supplies:
Gerda Steiner Designs Moody Unicorns
Canson XL 140 lb watercolor paper
MISTI
Versamark
Lindy's Stamp Gang Silver Moon Orchid EP
Gansai Tambi watercolor palette
Silver Black Velvet brush #8 round
My Favorite Things Wonky Stitches die
DCWV Foil and Glitter papers
Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday die
Tombow Mono Multi glue
Be Creative tape

I hope you enjoyed todays post and project and that you enjoy good friendships like I am blessed with.  Happy crafting and God bless!

For Christ's glory and much love,
Jasmine

Penguin Watercolor Ombre Emboss Resist with Gerda Steiner Designs

 Hello and welcome everyone!  Today we are playing with those sweet Valentine Penguins from Gerda Steiner Designs again.  This time, we are creating our own patterned paper with heat embossing.  Add some simple watercolor and viola.  We have an adorable and versatile panel that is perfect for so many different occasions.  The same technique can be used for almost any stamp set in your aresenal as well, so bust them out and get creative.  Here's the video on my Youtube channel and my supplies are listed below.

Supplies:
Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Penguins
Canson XL Watercolor paper
Versamark
Brutus Monroe Icicle embossing powder
MISTI
FineTec watercolor pallete
Gansai Tambi 36 watercolor palette
Silver Black Velvet brushes
My Favorite Things Wonky Stitches die
DCWV Glitter Paper and Foiled Vellum
Sizzix Hearts die
Lawn Fawn Scripty Love die
Tombow Mono Multi glue
Stitck-It Sheet adhesive
Be Creative tape

I hope you're having a great day and I encourage you to step out of your comfort zone to try new techniques and new products, stretching your creative muscles.  It's so much fun and good for you too. 

I love interacting with you guys, so leave me a comment or question and I'll be happy to help.  Have an awesome day and I'll see you next time!

For Christ's glory and much love,
Jasmine

Save the Crafty YouTuber Video Hop

The quick and dirty of it is that YouTube changed their perimeters for how people earn money with their channel.  Starting 2/20/18 if your channel doesn't have at least 1k subscribers and 4k hours of view time over the past year, you will lose monetization eligibility, meaning that YouTube will no longer pay creators who fall short of the new perimeters for advertising on their content.  Once their threshold is reached, they may apply for review to restore or gain monetization (but they make no promises).  So Justine Hovey (bless her) decided to organize a blog hop with many of the smaller channels and the more well known ones to introduce us smaller names to more viewers and many of the companies we love joined her to sponsor and donate prizes.  Every single video on the hop has multiple prizes to give away.  I am BLOWN AWAY by kindness and generosity of everyone involved and it demonstrates the love and consideration we can have for the people around us; people we've never met.  There are over 50 videos and channels in the hop and I know that's a lot.  However, the more videos you watch, subscribe to and comment on, the better and better your chances are to win.  I have a $25 gift card to simonsaysstamp.com and 2 Catherine Pooler ink pads to give away.  If you haven't tried her ink pads yet, you should because they're awesome and her colors are killer.

 If you are unsure with how YouTube works, every single like, comment and minute you spend viewing a video helps that channel, so if you want to support a certain artist or crafter on YouTube, subscribe, comment, share and like the videos.  I can promise you it means the world to us when we hear from you about a video or technique or product.

Ok, enough business, let's get onto the fun!  I have an easy, fun and fast technique for you today that is a play on ink smooshing.  We are going to play with Alcohol Inks and make watercolor look backgrounds to put behind a Peony die cut.  You can do this with any colors you like, including the metallic mixatives and there are a variety of die cuts on the market that this will work with.  Here's the video on my YouTube channel.
Here's what I used:
PaperTreyInk Peony Cover plate die
Ranger Matte Cardstock
Ranger Alcohol Inks:
Indigo/ Denim/ Sky/ Snowcap
Botanical/ Lettuce/ Teal
Flamingo/ Sunshine/ Sunset/ Purple Twilight
Ranger Alcohol Ink Blending Solution
DCWV Glitter and Shimmer stacks
Stick-It Sheet Adhesive
Sizzix Shimmer paper
SSS Small Hello die
SSS Blessed die
Mama Elephant Smile die
Scor-tape 
Neenah 110lb Cardstock

The complete hop list is here and winners will be posted there as well.  The next stop on the hop is Monica, so head over to her channel to see another awesome project and another chance to win one of the prizes.   Thanks so very much for stopping by and I'll see you next time! 
For Christ's glory and much love,
Jasmine

Moody Unicorn Birthday Party with Alcohol Inks and Copics

 These Moody Unicorns by Gerda Steiner Designs...can't help myself but to make more projects with them!  This guy is ready to welcome you to his birthday party or wish you a happy birthday!  This is actually a fairly simple card to make.  Make an alcohol ink background, stamp, color and die cut our adorable unicorn, a few die cut sentiment banners, some sequins and voila!  Perfect for any age, any gender and if it doesn't make you smile, I'm not sure you have a heartbeat.  Scrooge couldn't not smile.
Here is the video tutorial on my YouTube channel and my supplies are listed below!
Supplies:
Gerda Steiner Designs Moody Unicorn S&D
Ranger Alcohol Inks: 
Purple Twilight, Flamingo, Sunset, Sunshine
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
MISTI
Bristol Smooth cardstock
Ranger Alcohol Ink cardstock
Copics
C2, 4, 6/ E50, 51, 21/ R20/ B01, 02, 04
My Favorite Things Wonky Stitches die
Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die
SSS HB die
SSS Crystal Reflections Sequins
Ranger Matte Medium
Versamark
Ranger Holographic Embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by guys and I will see you next time!!  Stay tuned for an EPIC vlog hop coming very soon for your chance to win some awesome prizes.

For Christ's glory and much love,
Jasmine

Maaike's Celebrate 2k Subscribers Blog Hop Moody Unicorn Spinner with Alcohol Ink Background

 Ok party people, we're here to celebrate Maaike's having reached 2000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.  Woot Woot!  Congrats Maaike.  What better way to celebrate than with a Spinner Unicorn card?  I think this design speaks to all ages.  It's fun, whimsical, bright, playful, and mischievous with a touch of sarcasm for kicks.  English is second to Sarcasm in my world, so I love this card!  This would be so easy to change up for a dude, just by using his favorite colors in the Alcohol Ink background and the unicorns hair.  Here is the link to the video tutorial on my YouTube channel and my supplies are listed below.

Supplies:

Gerda Steiner Designs Moody Unicorn S&D
Ranger Alcohol Inks:
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
MISTI
Bristol Smooth cardstock
Ranger Alcohol Ink cardstock
MFT Channel Spinner die
MFT Spin and Slide Discs
Copics
C2, 4, 6/ RV00, 14, 17, 19/ E50, 51, 21/ R20
3M Foam tape
Archival Jet Black ink
Mini Glue Dots
3M foam tape
Penny

The fun isn't over just yet; there are more stops on the hop and prizes to be won!  The next stop on the hop is the lovely and talented Gerry.  You're going to love what she has to show you.  A complete list of hop stops is listed below in case you lose you way or want to visit someone again.

I mentioned PRIZES didn't I?  To be entered to win, you must subscribe, comment and leave some love at each stop on the hop, either on the blog post or YouTube video.  I'll give you an extra entry if you leave a comment on both of mine.  Each of us will have a different prize to offer.  My prize is the card we made and a few other goodies.  Unfortunately, due to international shipping costs, I have to limit the winners to the U.S.  Winners will be contacted directly and will have 48 hours to claim their prize before another winner is drawn.

Here is the complete list of blogs and YouTube channels on the hop:
Maaike UIjthoven: https://youtu.be/PEjPkcSAuxg
Karen Hasheck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rZK_zXGl10&feature=youtu.be
Mary Polanco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ivbEM4xa8&feature=youtu.be
Charlotte Ehrukainen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osVe3m1p7Uo&feature=youtu.be
Jasmine Burgess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiAo3_oZ5E0&feature=youtu.be
Gerry’s craft room: https://youtu.be/fYQxbTvQYK8
Maike kreations: https://maikreations.blogspot.nl/2018/01/celebrate-maaike-uithovens-2000.html
Uniquepaper15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaPbJxUDqRc&feature=youtu.be

Thank you for joining us to celebrate and good luck in winning a prize!  Happy to help if you have any questions and I'd love to know what you think.  See you next time!

For Christ's glory and much love,
Jasmine